Union suit.



M. KLINE.

UNION SUIT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 13, 1915.

Patented May 9, 1916.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS KLINE, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

UNION SUIT.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MORRIS KLINE, a citizen of the United States, and residing in the city of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented or discovered new and useful Improvements in Union Suits, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in certain new and useful improvements in union suits and similar combination garments, and particularly relates to the seat construction of the same. i

The object in view is the production of a seat construction which will remain snugly. and smoothly closed, without the use off buttons or other fasteners, so matter what posture the wearer assumes, except when he assumes a stooped-over sitting position; whereupon the seat may then be drawn forwardly under the legs to permit the protruback when he stands sion of the posterior and will automatically close again when a different posture is assumed.

A further object of the invention is the production of a garment having the above mentioned advantages and which will be snugly fitting and comfortable, and may be manufactured without increased cost. I

These objects are accomplished by me by providing the garment with a closed. crotch, a seat pouch the width of the back of the garment extending upwardly from the rear of the crotch and ending in a horizontal, open edge across the small of the wearers erect,= and a depending tail, integral with the back of the garment and extending down within the pouch to a point adjacent to the crotch, the lateral edges of the tail being attached at the sides to the material of the pouch, so that the pouch is closed at its sides.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing a person wearing my improved garment standing stooped over with his hands touching the ment, showing the seat closed.

Specification of Letters Patent.

the figure upright and Patented May 9, 1916.

Application filed October 13, 1915. Serial No. 65,605.

The following is a detailed description of the drawings.

A represents the union suit, knit or otherwise formed of the usual materials. For the sake of illustration 1 have shown the suit open down the front to the crotch and provlded with buttons 1 to close said front, but as the front construction of the garment 15 no part of this invention, this arrangement may be changed as desired.

The crotch 2 of the suit is closed and the seat is formed by a seat pouch 3 which is closed at its lower end and sides and extends upwardly to a horizontal openedge 4 fitting snugly across the small of the wearers back when he is standing. The back of the garment is extended downwardly within said pouch in the form of a tail 5 whose lateral edges are attached at the sides of the When the wearer stands erect, the tail 5 is drawn by its attached lateral edges down inside of the pouch 3, snugly against the wearers body, while the top edge 4: of the pouch fits snugly against the small of the wearers back. There is no wrinkling or bunching of the cloth of the garment but the entire garment is smooth and comfortable. Whenthe wearer assumes any position short of a stooped-over sitting position, there is suflicient play in the seat to accommodate the body without binding or discomfort, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and when the wearer assumes the stooped-over sitting position shownin Figs. 2 and 4, the bottom edge 7 of the tail slides up above the wearers posterior and the top edge 4 0f the pouch may be drawn down and forwardly under the hips, as clearly shown, out of the way, permitting the posterior to protrude. When the wearer straightens up again, the tail 5 descends and the pouch 3 ascends outside of the former, assuming once more the relative positions first described. Thus the closing of the seat under the above circumstances is automatic and requires no manual assistance from the wearer, such as stufiing the tail down into the pouch, as the attachment of the tail along its lateral edges to the pouch insures the proper movement and positioning of the. same.

What I desire to claim is In combination wlth a union garment, a seat construction for the same which consists of a seat pouch extending rearwardly and upwardly from the crotch to a point above the 'wearers rump when the wearer is standing erect and being open horizontally across its top, the sides of the pouch being permanently attachedv to the garment, and a tail normally depending .within the pouch to a point ad acent to the crotch, the sides of the tail being permanently attached to the pouch and the body of the garment while the lower edge of said tail is unattached, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

Signed at Pittsburgh, Pa, this 11th day of October, 1915.

MORRIS KLINE. 

